A short video features a sixth-grader, an eighth-grader, and a high school sophomore who talk about what they have learned about social awareness and how they learn to develop their own awareness skills.

Concepts

social awareness, social-emotional learning, empathy, conversation skills, discussion skills, life skills, relationship skills, social skills

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Instructional Ideas

• Have groups develop and perform skits that demonstrate supportive and caring language and body language
• Before using the video, instructors should examine the Social Awareness Toolkit linked in the Included Materials section of this review

Classroom Considerations

• Part of the Transforming Education professional development series

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Speakers are pupils that clearly had to move out of their comfort zone and work on developing their social awareness skills

Cons

• None